STUD FINDER – A Lauren Blakely Review & Excerpt Reveal

Ah why are novellas perfect but never enough?! Blakely is back with her wit-filled humor and sexy times galore!

Dylan is looking for “the one” and when his friend-of-a-friend Evie steps in to help him…well they make the one mistake a matchmaker can’t make: they fall for each other! This short and sweet story is filled with two adorable characters that are completely justified being in the Blakely world. As Dylan wants to test his dating skills with Evie, I love that he immediately realizes that he’s in fact falling for her and comparing any other woman he could date to her,

Meanwhile Evie is finding that her little crush on Dylan is turning out to be the real deal. But how can she set herself up for him when she’s supposed to be finding the woman of his dreams? It’s fun, it’s sweet, and this romance has NO “what ifs”. Quick and sexy, just the way Blakely fans like it!

From #1 NYT Bestselling author Lauren Blakely, comes the sexy and hilarious title…STUD FINDER, a new novella brought to you by 1001 Dark Nights!

As a broker of happily ever afters, Evie Milligan’s job is to serve as a “stud finder,” pairing wildly successful women with men who won’t fleece them and will adore them. Her next assignment ought to be an easy one — the man she’s seeking a match for is fun, smart, rich and in demand. The trouble is, Evie is falling hard for her client. What happens when the matchmaker meets her match?

There. Best. Ad. Ever.I will absolutely find the woman of my dreams, someone who’ll love me for me. Even if my sister thinks I need help dating, I’m confident I can pull this off, courtesy of the great worldwide web.Let me just hit the upload button right now…*****No. Just no. As a woman and a professional matchmaker, I can’t let Dylan Parker run this ad. He’s the catch of all catches. That’s why his sister has asked me to help her ridiculously good-looking, insanely rich, but socially clueless brother find a woman. As a broker of happily ever afters, I’m known as the Stud Finder since I make a great living pairing wildly successful women with men who won’t fleece them but will adore them. After all, what woman in her right mind wouldn’t fall in love with Dylan?I mean, besides me. It totally won’t be me.

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“What?” I bare my teeth. “Do I already have seaweed stuck in my teeth, and I didn’t even order it?”

She shakes her head, her smile never vacating her pretty face. “They say on a first date, you can tell more about a man from how he treats the waiter than anything else.”

“And what did you learn?”

“You were quite nice to him.”

“Why would anyone not be nice, though? I don’t get it. I don’t get why someone would treat a waiter, a server, a cabbie, a hotel clerk, a salesperson—anyone—like a douche.”

“I don’t know, either, but it happens.”

“I don’t need to put someone down to feel good about myself.”

She rests her chin in her hand, studying my face. “You’re an interesting man, Dylan.”

“Am I?” I peer at her over the top of my glasses.

“You are. So tell me, what do you do for a living?” She rolls her hands, saying go with it.

“Oh, is this the role-play?”

She nods. “Practice date banter.”

I chuckle, mostly to myself, since it seems too silly to put the car in reverse. But I have to remind myself that Evie is on the clock and doing her job. “I’m an entrepreneur.”

Her blue eyes sparkle. “How interesting. Do you love it?”

“Absolutely. I’ve wanted to start my own company since I was a kid, and I love making things, growing a business, building it up, and selling it for gobs of money. What about you?”

“I’m a matchmaker, and yes, I always wanted to do this.”

“How so?”

“When I was a little girl, I loved setting up my dolls.”

I crack up, enjoying the image of her playing matchmaker to dolls. “Seriously?”

“I had a purple bucket of Ken and Barbie dolls as well as a stuffed panda, and the panda served as the great arbiter of romance amongst the dolls, deciding which couple would be allowed to spend a night in the Barbie house.”

I drag a hand through my hair. “That might be one of the best stories ever. Since basically, you are now the stuffed panda.”

“Witty dialogue, fun dates, and a deliciously nerdy hero all match perfectly with a heroine who doesn’t really know she needs all that until it’s right there in front of her. Lauren Blakely has another winner with this one!”

~Crystal, Bookseller

“Warning: You will get addicted to the DRUG that is Lauren Blakely’s writing!!!”

A #1 New York Times Bestselling author, Lauren Blakely is known for her contemporary romance style that’s hot, sweet and sexy. She lives in California with her family and has plotted entire novels while walking her dogs. With fourteen New York Times bestsellers, her titles have appeared on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller Lists more than eighty times, and she’s sold more than 2 million books. In October she’ll release HARD WOOD, a sexy, standalone romantic comedy. To receive an email when Lauren releases a new book, sign up for her newsletter! laurenblakely.com/newsletter